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WHY we hate Metroid fed farce.
9 years ago
So just on the 3rd, a nintendo direct aired showcasing some of the upcoming titles this year for nintendo consoles. While most of it was forgettable (barring monster hunter) or riddled with bad amiibo practice (forcing the purchase of a new version of an amiibo for the content it can offer as opposed to using a version of the amiibo that was previously launched), one title specifically garnered nothing but frothing hate.
I'm talking of course of Metroid Federation Force. This game is supposed to be an offshoot title of the Metroid Prime titles and focuses on what the GF was doing. Why should I be upset? Well there is a laundry list. First off, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Metroid franchise. If you recall, 2011 was the 25th anniversary of Metroid. Oh wait, you don't remember that? Yeah, that's because the latest game released was Other M, which garnered MASSIVE fan backlash due to it missing massive core chunks of what makes a metroid experience good, along with the shitty story and the "George Lucas-ing" of important story and already established elements. So Nintendo swept it under the rug and focused on LoZ, which also celibrated it's 25th anniversary with Skyward sword.
So metroid was under the floor for several years until last year at e3, we got news of a 3ds metroid game... except that it was met instantly with vicious backlash from the fans, even to the point of a petition to CANCEL the game as opposed to seeing more stains on metroid. So a year later, there is another is mentioning in this direct, from the director himself.
So after a year of furious fans yelling what we actually want and yelling how Fed Force could POTENTIALLY be fun, except it's problems prevent it from ever being called a metroid game, what does the director have to say?
Skip to 31:47
"Nonono, it IS metroid, you gotta believe me!".
As opposed to addressing the issues, he throws out and insists "No, this IS metroid! S-See? There is samus over there!" Yeah, a bobble head in a data file.
He claims this will expand the Lore of the Metroid Prime series, EXCEPT THERE IS A PROBLEM ALREADY.
Notice that these ugly bobble headed soldiers are climbing into 15 foot tall Mech suits? Notice how all the foes are fucking huge? Notice how the pirates are all the same size as the mech suits, meaning they are around 15 feet tall? Well lets look into the METROID PRIME LORE; There are 2 instances where pirates were that tall. The first were the elite pirates, which were made exclusively on Tallon IV and had extremely short lifespans with the exception of the Omega Pirate. Take note, Samus KILLED all of these. So what was next? Well in Prime 3, there were the 15 foot tall soldiers, but again, they also mentioned that they often suffered brain problems and self destructed, only a handful ever becoming battle ready. now notice that ALL OUT WAR is happening in Prime 3, meaning they are emptying their guns and going all out.
So how many of these do you run into? About 4. Yes, Samus, the biggest threat the pirates have to deal with, only ran into about 4 of them and killed them all.
Yet this game showcases ALL the pirates being 15 feet tall.
And that's JUST the lore.
The style is atrocious and resembles nothing that metroid is known for. The excuse of using it was that "it looks better on the small screen". There was also the excuse of "using it to invite new people to the series."
Excuse me, what do you think those people would think, coming in on a fast paced multiplayer shooter and then playing a slow paced, super serious and grim single player series? it simply won't work, it's two different crowds.
As for the looks? The excuse for it being chibi, (that it looks better on the small screen) is such a load of shit.
Here is the latest trailer for the game (the likes/dislikes were disabled WITHIN AN HOUR):
And now, here is a game RELEASED OVER 10 YEARS AGO ON INFERIOR HARDWARE.
If Fed Force actually does well, metroid will be reduced to "cute" shooting fests.
If Fed Force tanks, nintendo will most likely set it on a shelf next to Golden Sun, F-zero, and Advanced wars and claim "there is no market for metroid".
Metroid is dead. Other M gutted it to leave it struggling and crawling across the ground, this is the bullet to put it out of it's misery.
A Minigame in the Mii Carnival shouldn't be a better multiplayer Metroid game than this.
I'm talking of course of Metroid Federation Force. This game is supposed to be an offshoot title of the Metroid Prime titles and focuses on what the GF was doing. Why should I be upset? Well there is a laundry list. First off, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Metroid franchise. If you recall, 2011 was the 25th anniversary of Metroid. Oh wait, you don't remember that? Yeah, that's because the latest game released was Other M, which garnered MASSIVE fan backlash due to it missing massive core chunks of what makes a metroid experience good, along with the shitty story and the "George Lucas-ing" of important story and already established elements. So Nintendo swept it under the rug and focused on LoZ, which also celibrated it's 25th anniversary with Skyward sword.
So metroid was under the floor for several years until last year at e3, we got news of a 3ds metroid game... except that it was met instantly with vicious backlash from the fans, even to the point of a petition to CANCEL the game as opposed to seeing more stains on metroid. So a year later, there is another is mentioning in this direct, from the director himself.
So after a year of furious fans yelling what we actually want and yelling how Fed Force could POTENTIALLY be fun, except it's problems prevent it from ever being called a metroid game, what does the director have to say?
Skip to 31:47
"Nonono, it IS metroid, you gotta believe me!".
As opposed to addressing the issues, he throws out and insists "No, this IS metroid! S-See? There is samus over there!" Yeah, a bobble head in a data file.
He claims this will expand the Lore of the Metroid Prime series, EXCEPT THERE IS A PROBLEM ALREADY.
Notice that these ugly bobble headed soldiers are climbing into 15 foot tall Mech suits? Notice how all the foes are fucking huge? Notice how the pirates are all the same size as the mech suits, meaning they are around 15 feet tall? Well lets look into the METROID PRIME LORE; There are 2 instances where pirates were that tall. The first were the elite pirates, which were made exclusively on Tallon IV and had extremely short lifespans with the exception of the Omega Pirate. Take note, Samus KILLED all of these. So what was next? Well in Prime 3, there were the 15 foot tall soldiers, but again, they also mentioned that they often suffered brain problems and self destructed, only a handful ever becoming battle ready. now notice that ALL OUT WAR is happening in Prime 3, meaning they are emptying their guns and going all out.
So how many of these do you run into? About 4. Yes, Samus, the biggest threat the pirates have to deal with, only ran into about 4 of them and killed them all.
Yet this game showcases ALL the pirates being 15 feet tall.
And that's JUST the lore.
The style is atrocious and resembles nothing that metroid is known for. The excuse of using it was that "it looks better on the small screen". There was also the excuse of "using it to invite new people to the series."
Excuse me, what do you think those people would think, coming in on a fast paced multiplayer shooter and then playing a slow paced, super serious and grim single player series? it simply won't work, it's two different crowds.
As for the looks? The excuse for it being chibi, (that it looks better on the small screen) is such a load of shit.
Here is the latest trailer for the game (the likes/dislikes were disabled WITHIN AN HOUR):
And now, here is a game RELEASED OVER 10 YEARS AGO ON INFERIOR HARDWARE.
If Fed Force actually does well, metroid will be reduced to "cute" shooting fests.
If Fed Force tanks, nintendo will most likely set it on a shelf next to Golden Sun, F-zero, and Advanced wars and claim "there is no market for metroid".
Metroid is dead. Other M gutted it to leave it struggling and crawling across the ground, this is the bullet to put it out of it's misery.
A Minigame in the Mii Carnival shouldn't be a better multiplayer Metroid game than this.
I'll most likely start up and play through prime 1, 2, and 3 again this year.
The biggest problem is the art direction.
As I pointed out, Prime Hunters didn't use a "cute" graphic basis, it used proper models. It also retained single player and all it's puzzles. The worst thing about this is the fact that the Pirates are the same size as the mech suits, which makes NO sense.
Why not make the mech suits more human sized? Why not use the GF suits from Prime 2-3? the art style has messed with the lore of the series and we don't need any more lore messing in metroid.
Also, have you checked out Another Metroid 2 Remake? It's a Zero Mission remake of Metroid 2 that' been in work for a long time, but there's a demo of it out.
And indeed i have! oddly, despite playing all the metroid games, Metroid 2 is probably the one I'm most fond of. it's the only title where you're truly on a desolate planet with no sentient life. Metroid 1 had the pirates and mother brain, as did Super. Prime 1 still had the pirates, 2 had the luminoth and pirates, 3 had all kinds of beings, and fusion has ADAM.
Metroid 2 has you truly on an alien planet with nothing that will talk to you, only long broken robots and highly evolved creatures that want to defend themselves.
The idea of it being remade was something I always desired and this fan project is something i'm really excited to see evolve.